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Plans to dredge Put-In Creek to draw boaters to downtown Mathews were dropped by the county in May after the Army Corps of Engineers said permits for the project would be tough to come by. But at least a couple of folks think the county dropped the initiative too soon.

A passion for history first sparked Earl Soles’s interest in New Point Comfort Lighthouse. Now retired from his position as director for historic area programs and operations at Colonial Williamsburg, Soles grew up in Mathews County and got hooked on the lighthouse’s role in U.S. history after once again making his home on the Middle Peninsula over 15 years ago.

The winning ticket for the Gwynn’s Island Festival’s 50/50 raffle was a big surprise to festival organizers. The ticket that was drawn on July 4 was simply filled out “Gift to Gwynn’s Island Civic League.”

The annual Fourth of July golf cart parade, a tradition for the summer residents of Cherry Point on Gwynn’s Island, was held on Saturday. Nine carts, with designs from patriotic to wacky, were entered.